Elvis Presley

Historical marker location:

705 Grand Avenue, Shreveport, Louisiana

( Marker is on Grand Avenue near Milam Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2004

Louisiana was briefly an independent republic. After declaring independence from Spain in 1810, a group of Louisianans established the Republic of West Florida, which included parts of what is now Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. However, the republic was short-lived, as it was quickly annexed by the United States.